Home › Words › S › sportspersonshipsportspersonshipsportspersonship means sportsmanship.EtymologyFrom sportsperson + -ship.nounSportsmanship.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.sportsmanship 73% match — The good attitude/behaviour displayed by players of a game; fairness, determination, magnanimity, courtesy towards opponents, and winning or losing gracefully. vs sportspersonship →sportsmanliness 71% match — The quality of being sportsmanly. vs sportspersonship →sportsmanlike 69% match — Demonstrating good sportsmanship, behaving in an honorable and appropriate manner. vs sportspersonship →sportsperson 67% match — Someone who plays sport, regardless of gender. vs sportspersonship →sportingly 66% match — In a sporting manner, demonstrating good sportsmanship. vs sportspersonship →sportivity 66% match — sportiness vs sportspersonship →sportiness 60% match — The property of being sporty. vs sportspersonship →sportswise 58% match — In terms of sport. vs sportspersonship →